Fireplace



R. P. GOFF- FIREPLACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-10.1919.

Patented Nov. 8, 11921.

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IN VEN TOR.

Mania,

A TTORNEYJ R. P. GOFF.

FIREPLACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-10.1919.

1,396,366. Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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Robe/Z5 1 Gal? BY I A TTORNEYS ROBERT PRESTON GOFF, 0F GARY, WESTVIRGINIA.

FIREPLACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Application filed January 10, 1919. Serial No. 270,561.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT P. Gorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gary, in the county of McDowell and State of lVcst Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireplaces, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of simple, inexpensiveand efficient means whereby the heat of a fireplace may be utilized toraise the temperature of one ormore rooms in addition to the room inwhich the fireplace is located. The invention also seeks to providemeans for the stated purpose which will permit repairs to be easily madeand which may be readily incorporated in buildings already erected aswell as in buildings to be erected.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings and consistsin certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in theclaims following the description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fire place having my improvementsincorporated therein;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken longitu dinally of the grate bars;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation;

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspective views, respectively, of the backcasting of the fireplace and the screen Or damper.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates the front frame of afireplace and 2 the back frame which may be of the usual constructionand are set into the brick-work or masonry of the chimney in the usualmanner. A grate 3 is provided and its bars may be of any desired formand used in any desired number. In the drawings, the front ends of thegrate bars are shown as formed integral with a front cross-bar 4 whichhas its terminals carried by lugs or cars 5 on the front frame 1. Therear ends of the grate bars are supported by the fireback, which is aplate 6 which is preferably of cast-iron and so shaped as to projectforwardly above the grate bars, as shown at 7, whereby the air ascendingthrough the fireplace to the chimney fine 8 will be deflected forwardlyso that the draft will not be retarded. In other words the upper portionof the fireback 6 is V-shapcd in cross section so that the smoke fromthe fire will be directed forwardly into the flue 8 and so as to allowof the free expansion and contraction of the fireback. The lower edge 9of this fireback may be set into or upon the underfire, and its sideedges abut the side walls 10 of the fireplace so that ashes and sootwill not be permitted to work back of the plate and into the adjoiningroom. The upper end of the plate 6 has a flange turned sharply backward,as shown at 11, so as to fit closely against the under side of the topbar of the rear frame 2 and in said flange 11 are openings 12 throughwhichv securing bolts may be inserted into the top bar of the frame tosecure the fireback firmly in position. A row of lugs 13 is provided onthe front face of the fireback and the rear ends of the grate bars 3rest upon and are supported by said lugs. At the lower corners of thefireback are openings 14 to receive bolts 14 which also pass throughlugs or other formations on the frame 2 to secure the fireback in place.

The rear frame 2 will be disposed flush with the vertical surface of thepartition or wall which adjoins the fireplace chimney and will,consequently, be open to the room adjoining the one in which thefireplace is located. To the top bar of the rear frame 2, I secure byany suitable hinge connection, as shown at 15, a the board 0r fender 16which may be of asbestos alone or of some other material faced withasbestos. This heat insulating screen or fender will normally be in apendent position so as to cover the frame 2 and thereby prevent lightarticles such as scraps of paper or feathers from being blown againstthe back of the plate 6 of the fireplace. The fender or screen may,however, be supported in a raised position, as shown in Fig. 1, by ajointed brace 17 which has its opposite ends secured, respectively, tothe frame 2 and a side edge of the screen. Then the screen 0r fender islowered no heat can escape into the room in which it is located becauseof the heat insulating material from which the fender is made, but if itbe raised, heat will radiate from the fireback so that the roomadjoining the fireplace will be raised in temperature, as well as theroom in which the fireplace directly opens.

It will be readily noted that my improvements are exceedingly simple andinexpensive. The fireback and fender may be easily applied to anyfireplace which is now located in a wall or partition between two roomsand form a chamber between them in which the air will be very thoroughlyheated so that if the fender be raised a supply of warm air will beadmitted into the room back of the fireplace. Attention is also invitedto the fact that the fireback stands well to the rear in the fire placeso that excessive heat rises through the flue 8 and will not pass outand burn the mantle; also when the fender 16 is raised to its obliqueposition shown in Fig. 1, the mantle in the other room is protected.

In order to increase theefiiciency of the device, flues indicated at 18and 19 in Fig. 1, may be constructed in the chimney wall opening intothe sides of the fire place and communicating with said chamber so as tosupply fresh air thereto and convey the heated air therefrom into roomsin an upper story of the building. The fire kindled upon the grate 3will play directly upon the cast iron fireback 6 and will thoroughlyheat the same. It should be thin enough to be readily heated throughoutits entire body but at the same time should be heavy enough to withstandrough usage. Upon reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 4, it will be noted thatthe fireback is inclined upwardly and rearwvardly at 20 from the bottomof the fireplace, to the rear end of the grate, and then forwardly atthe intermediate portion 7 while the upper portion 21 inclines upwardlyand rearwardly from the portion 7 to the flange 11. This constructionwill permit the plate to expand and contract under changes oftemperature without cracking and will also form pockets in which heatmay accumulate for subsequent radiation. It will also be noted that theheat will be thrown into the adjoining room at the same level as itenters the room in which the fire place is located. a

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a fire place having openings communicating withadjoining rooms and an exhaust flue in communication with the fireplace, of front and rear frames arranged within the fire place, a heatradiating fire back connected to the rear frame and disposed entirely inrear of the rear wall of the exhaust flue and having its upper portionapproximately V-shaped in cross section thereby providing a forwardlyextending portionrearwardly of the flue for directing the products ofcombustion forwardly lnto the flue and allowing the expansion of thefire back, a grate supported by said front frame and said fire back, afender plate of heat insulating material horizontally hinged to saidrear frame, said fender plate being arranged in spaced relation to saidfire back thereby forming an air space, and means for supporting thefender plate in an inclined position.

2. The combination with a fire place having openings communicating withadjoining rooms and an exhaust flue in communication with the fireplace, of front and rear frames arranged within the fire place, a heatradiating fire back connected to the rear frame and disposed entirely inrear of the rear wall of the exhaust flue and having its upper portionapproximately V-shaped in cross section thereby providing a forwardlyextending portion rearwardly of the flue for directing the products ofcombustion forwardly into the flue and allowing for the expansion of thefire back, a grate supported

